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    I was modifying a deploy script when I realized how cool a shell script that allowed me to interact with different machines with more ease could be:
I was modifying a deploy script when I realized how cool a shell script that allowed me to interact with different machines with more ease could be:


        // store contents of hosts file on b.com in oldHosts,
    // store contents of hosts file on b.com in oldHosts,

        // transfer contents of hosts file on local system to
    // transfer contents of hosts file on local system to

        // hosts file on b.com.
    // hosts file on b.com.


        route :=
    route :=

          jim@a.com |>
      jim@a.com |>

          reza@b.com |>
      reza@b.com |>

            sudo su root
        sudo su root


        oldHosts, err :=
    oldHosts, err :=

          route |>
      route |>

          > cat /etc/hosts
      > cat /etc/hosts


        . cat /etc/hosts
    . cat /etc/hosts

          route |>
      route |>

          > /etc/hosts
      > /etc/hosts


    First term I google to find similar tech leads me to a patent for something that seems particularly similar, or at least close enough: http://www.google.com/patents/US8627342
First term I google to find similar tech leads me to a patent for something that seems particularly similar, or at least close enough: http://www.google.com/patents/US8627342


    Similarities aside in this case - if there was something you were interested in throwing up to github this weekend, and you ran across a patent that seemed to cover the technology, would you write it anyway?
Similarities aside in this case - if there was something you were interested in throwing up to github this weekend, and you ran across a patent that seemed to cover the technology, would you write it anyway?